What are the principle agents in bone matrix?
Collagen and hydroxyapatite
What helps to hold the broken pieces of bone together?
The external callus.
Provides flexibility and tensile strength in bones.
What is collagen?
What is growth that can occur after the epiphyseal plate is ossified and causes bones to grow in width rather than length?
Appositional growth.
What are the extensions of osteocytes which allow communication with one another?
What are canaliculi?
What forms after a clot forms on a broken bone?
Soft callus made of fibrocartilage.
Lubrication of the joint
What is the purpose of the synovial fluid in a synovial joint?
What kind of bone is all new bone tissue?
What is cancellous bone?
What is the process of turning cartilage into bone?
Ossification.
When bone remodels, it becomes ________________ bone for the purpose of repair and increasing bone mass.
Compact
What is the process of breaking down and rebuilding bone called?
Bone remodeling.